Summary Of Laura Durham's 'Grace Is A Gift'

In this narrative “Grace is a Gift,” the author, “Laura Durham” talked about grace. It is about Laura saying grace is a gift not a reward. The author said giving grace can teach a lots things and from the teacher, the author learned how much grace can lift someone's spirit. The author is literally saying grace is how grace is a gift not a reward. You do not deserve it because you did something good. There is nothing that you can do to earn grace.

In other words, you don't have to worry about you deserve it or not, you can accept grace from anyone. The author’s attitude is really cheerful and joyous. Laura uses many words and phrases to indicate the attitude like perfect, imbalance, and lift someone’s spirit. The author could've said I was the best student, the word perfect makes it
When the author uses imbalance it makes the sentence more interesting because it sounds better than inequality. For the phrase lift someone's spirit, the author’s tone is really cheerful because she has been waiting for it and she can do it together with the classmates. “At nine years old, I was the perfect student. I was studious, I was obedient, and I was responsible. So when I forgot to bring my spelling test that Friday, I was devastated.” Perfect makes everyone think there are no flaws in you. But everyone makes mistakes. In this sentence, her tone is a bit sad because she forgot to bring her spelling test. In this quote ‘Life may not be fair, but when I think about it, more often than not I’m on the fortunate side of the imbalance. And this moves me to offer the same grace to others,” her tone